Background of the Study

1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

Sentence consists of several words. Every word contains its own sense. According to Hulford and Heaslay 1983:91 sense is an indispensable hard core of meaning that constitutes such expression, for example, the sense of meaning of father are human, male, and having a child, while the sense of meaning of mother are human, female, and having a child. These components of meaning are automatically necessary in both abstract concept father and mother . From the word father , the components of human, male and having a child cannot be removed at all. If one of components is removed, the sense will be different. In the level of sentence, Hulford and Heaslay 1983:91-93 state that there are three important properties of sentences. They are, first, analytic sentence or true sentence, for example cat is an animal . Cat is an animal is automatically true because both cat and animal have the meaning relation. So, it is not necessary to observe the truth of sentence in the real world. Second is synthetic sentence or sentence which can be true or false depending on the way the world is, for example no cats like to bathe . Cat is animal, mammals, have four legs, and omnivore. There is no relation of sense between cat and like to bathe . It can be true or false depending on reality whether cat likes to bathe or not. The lasts is contradiction sentence which is automatically false sentence, for example the sun is cool . The sun is star at the center of solar system. The sun indicates surface temperature of approximately 5505 Celsius degree, It is impossible that the sun is cool. Thus, the sentence is automatically false The writer is interested to study the sense based sentences because sense focus of words meaning. Sense concerns with meaning that is obviously linked by the system of language, and not the speaker’s meaning particularly related by the speakers on circumstance . Meanwhile, the three types of sentences can be found in One Half Love Comic as the data source that especially connected with the sense based sentences. The First sentence is analytic sentences or true sentences that can be found in the script of Chapters 1: this is female shower room for ladies right This is female shower room for ladies right The bold sentence above is true because both the word female and ladies equally means woman. It is not necessary to observe the truth of the sentence in the real world.The second sentence is synthetic sentence that can be found in the script of Chapters 1: To make things worse there isn’t much time The bold sentence is a synthetic sentence that can be either true of false depending on the fact in the real world whether to make things worse needs process and time. The time needed can be long or short depending on the worse situation which happened. It is necessary to prove it by consulting the state of affairs holding in the world. The third sentence functions as contradiction sentence which can be found in the script of Chapters 1: Skirt fluttering waiting to display this feeling of love The bold sentence above is certainly a false sentence, because Skirt is not human and impossible to have love. The sentence above is false because the meaning of word in the sentence is contradiction in the real world. Saeed 2000:1 states that semantics is the study of the meanings of word and sentences. The meanings are produced by speaker’s utterances on particular occasion. Semantics divided into several fields, one of them is sense. Every utterance has a meaning which it is implied or not. The meaning of the utterance can be like a speaker’s intention. On the other hand, the utterance of the speaker can be different from the speaker’s intention. By using illocutionary act in pragmatic techniques, the more meaning will be got. Then the more understanding of meaning can be got well. In the One Half Love Comic, the researcher finds some phenomenon dealing with such illocutionary act, for example: To make things worse there isn’t much time Context : Kaoru and Nyu are in hurry when they go to the studio music. But in the half route, their car gets traffic jam because there’s an accident in Jyuntai Street. Kaoru is angry with this condition that will make his schedule late. The conversation above is about traffic jam. Locution : Kaoru says that to make things worse there isn’t much time. Illocution : based on the context above, when Kaoru produces the utterance “To make things worse there isn’t much time” which means that Kaoru is just sarcastic to his driver, so he lets to drive a car because Kaoru wants to arrive at the studio music. So, the intention of utterance is showing annoyance about the traffic jam that makes his schedule late. Perlocution:- One Half Love comic as the data source was produced in Japan by Mangaka publisher http: 1_2 Love Manga - Read 1 2 Love Manga Online for Free.htm. One Half Love comic is released in 2010. The author is Karoyu and the translater is Xio. The genres of this comic are gender bender and romance. This comic contains two chapters. The first chapter consists of 143 dialogs while the second chapter consists of 148 dialogs. The character of this comic is Akari Ochiai as the protagonist, who is brave, confident and kind. She is really attracted by the popular unit of idols “Flower”. Yuu is the old member of the Flower Group who is a perfidious person but he always takes care others one around him. Kaoru is an old member of the flower group who is kind and romantic man. Matsuri is a Aksri’s young sister who has curiosity and kindness. Kana- Chan is Akari’s classmate who is friendly and kind. The writer is interested to analyze the sense based sentences found in One Half Love comic with the title An Analysis of Sense Based Sentences in One Half Love c omic .

B. Scope of the Study